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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AF5 Distributed Cloud WAF leverages F5's Advanced WAF technology, delivering WAF-as-a-Service and combining signature- and behavior-based protection for web applications. It acts as an intermediate proxy to inspect application requests and responses to block and mitigate a broad spectrum of risks stemming from the OW ASP Top 10, persistent and coordinated threat campaigns, bots, and layer 7 DoS.N/A

    Azure Front Door

    Score6.7 out of 10
    N/AAzure Front Door is a cloud content delivery network (CDN) service that helps users deliver high performance, scalability, and a secure user experiences for content and applications. It includes a customizable rules engine for advanced routing capabilities. It boasts instant scalability with global HTTP load balancing and failover.

    $35

    per month

    Oracle WebLogic Server

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AOracle WebLogic Server is a unified and extensible platform for developing, deploying and running enterprise applications, such as Java, for on-premises and in the cloud. WebLogic Server offers a scalable implementation of Java Enterprise Edition (EE) and Jakarta EE.N/A
    Pricing
    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)Azure Front DoorOracle WebLogic Server
    Editions & Modules
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    Standard
    $35
    per month
    Premium
    $330
    per month
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)Azure Front DoorOracle WebLogic Server
    Free Trial
    YesNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Base fees (Billed hourly and only for number of hours used)​—
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    Community Pulse
    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)Azure Front DoorOracle WebLogic Server
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    F5
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
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    78%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    96%
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    95%
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    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)Azure Front DoorOracle WebLogic Server
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall) and Azure Front Door and Oracle WebLogic Server
    Feature
    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)
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    Ratings
    Azure Front Door
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle WebLogic Server
    7.1
    37 Ratings
    11% below category average
    IDE support00 Ratings00 Ratings9.133 Ratings
    Security management00 Ratings00 Ratings8.435 Ratings
    Administration and management00 Ratings00 Ratings5.837 Ratings
    Application server performance00 Ratings00 Ratings8.836 Ratings
    Installation00 Ratings00 Ratings5.537 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance00 Ratings00 Ratings5.425 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)Azure Front DoorOracle WebLogic Server
    Small Businesses
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    Amazon CloudFront
    Score8.2 out of 10
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Google Cloud CDN
    Score6.2 out of 10
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Azure CDN
    Score7.6 out of 10
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)Azure Front DoorOracle WebLogic Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (180 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.2
    (44 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.7
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    Ease of integration
    -
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    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    F5 Distributed Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall)Azure Front DoorOracle WebLogic Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    F5
    It is doing its job effectively, and its scalability is superb. So, if you have a mixed environment with cloud and on-premise systems to protect this product, provide a solution to the challenge. However, its management is more suited to DevOps teams rather than to the ones responsible for on-premise systems, making the management a bit more complex.
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    Microsoft
    Azure Front Door is very easy and fast to set up and implement, if you are looking for an easy solution that is secure and reliable, Front Door does all that and can be configured in a few hours. AFD is a CDN with WAF, accordingly, it is well suited for any CDN Scenario, other providers such as Akamai or Verizon have a more expensive base price and are harder to manage/configure, Front Door is simple, easy, and provides what's needed when it comes to Web App Security. If you have multiple data centers, have apps in different regions, or targeting a global audience, AFD is an excellent option to get up to speed quickly. If you are looking for more features and capabilities, or planning a very complex setup, Front Door might be sufficient, but other specialized provides such as Imperva, Cloudflare or Akamai are generally a bit more advanced (but harder to set up and maintain). It always depends on the scenario, but for us, Front Door was an excellent option and served us very well with no issues.
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    Oracle
    If you need to have complex options in place you can count on Weblogic to be a robust Applicational Server you can rely on. But you would need to keep an eye on maintaining the framework updated quite frequently to avoid security breaches and subsequent severe situations. If you don't have other infrastructure for test purposes, I wouldn't advise you on having devs and QA installing this heavy application in their local machines, there are other lightweight solutions that would be a better fit for that.
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    Pros
    F5
    • Layer seven attacks are becoming far more common. Traditionally it was always layered three, layer four, where you get an additional firewall, but with the application layer attacks become more frequent, more popular, et cetera. So having the web application firewall protecting us, and then with the recent Log4j, that's the most recent use case when it gave us that instant level of protection whilst we remediated the Log4j that we had that and the F5 Distributed Cloud WAF was protecting us.
    • I have a great relationship with the account manager, my account manager, and I think he drives the best price possible, um, for me, and I'm happy with that price.
    • F5 Distributed Cloud WAF is always innovating and evolving.
    • We run a very competitive proof value where we run numerous competitors against each other, and then we evaluate from that and then make the selection, and F5 Distributed Cloud WAF was the winner.
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    Microsoft
    • Content delivery across all continents
    • Web & media acceleration
    • Web application firewall
    • Backend geo-availability
    • Reporting & access metrics
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    Oracle
    • The brand relation between Java and WebLogic Application Server usually provides a quicker access to programming features and their availability for the applications deployed.
    • The access to centralized configuration both from console and command line WLST eases the implementation of changes major or not in an organized and expedite way.
    • The maturity of the product is also visible in the available tools provided by the product itself, for both monitoring of resources and alerting for availability and thresholds
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    Cons
    F5
    • Lack of warnings, currently the console does not provide a warning when deleting key-value entry.
    • The web GUI could use some tweaking, currently no undo option when removing exclusion rules.
    • Configuration complexity, currently menus and options are hidden, making it hard to configure vs on prem.
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    Microsoft
    • Better control over origin caching
    • Hierarchal Management UI instead of distributed management
    • TLS & Cipher Control
    • Faster publishing or change updates
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    Oracle
    • Debugging issues has been difficult sometimes, the documentation is too dense and finding the the root cause for an specific issue takes time.
    • The Oracle WebLogic Server console UI feels old and gives a sense of lack of innovation even though it provides so much functionality.
    • I'm not sure if Oracle WebLogic Server supports more modern frameworks, but it feels more like a Java EE specific, maybe there's an opportunity there to appeal to newer application platforms
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    Likelihood to Renew
    F5
    We gave it an 8 because it protects our web apps well and is reliable. The WAF is flexible and meets most of our needs. It could improve in user interface and make integrations easier, but overall, it’s a solid and effective security tool for us.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    F5
    I believe is a solution that was designed from the start to be simple and easy to use. Coming from Imperva, it simply eased the burden and complexity of managing and securing our apps on different environments (cloud and on-prem). It easy to scale and very quick to deploy (as a cloud waf should be), provide us with DevOps integrations, visibility and automatic insights from multiple events that guarantee peace of mind for us analysts and opp managers.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Oracle WebLogic Server has so many features that sometimes it's hard to find the right place to setup things, I think the dated user interface does not help with that either. This has a direct impact when deciding to use it as your application server, you'd need to have the right people and invest the time needed to master it. If you're application justifies it then it will definitely be a great choice in the long run.
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    Reliability and Availability
    F5
    Seems no issue
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    F5
    Unnoticed slowness
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Oracle WebLogic Application Server is great at security, performance and features.
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    Support Rating
    F5
    I never contacted support for this product.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    The Oracle support is not great sometimes. They take a long time and need a lot of data over and over to resolve issues.
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    Online Training
    F5
    Online training saves me lots of time
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    F5
    Just make sure you origin servers have F5 IPs allowed.
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    Microsoft
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    Oracle
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    Alternatives Considered
    F5
    The other one that I've used in the past, they're very similar and I haven't used it recently, so I can't do a side-by-side comparison today. But I can say that F5 does everything we want it to do consistent with what this other product did do and it's got enhanced features and of course we have a long history with F5 as a product set in general.
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    Microsoft
    It's generally hard to compare CDNs, each has its features, POP locations, latency, and availability. We have used many other CDNs, including Akamai, Verizon, and Cloudflare. They are all great, but each has its own advantages/disadvantages. From our perspective, all other providers were much harder to configure and maintain and their overall cost was higher than AFD. For example, Verizon was great, performance was excellent, but reporting/logging was not up to our expectations, and we had many issues with its Rules Engine. AFD is great for delivering your web apps globally quickly and easily, the cost is reasonable and comes with very little operational overhead, the logging and reporting capabilities are very good, additionally, its integration with Azure Cloud Services gives it an advantage over other competitors.
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    Oracle
    I believe the Oracle WebLogic Suite is probably a better all encompassing suite of development tools for the IT department. [It] is probably a bit more expensive than other competitors like Apache Tomcat or NGINX, but is worth the investment if you consider the savings from time to get code into production.
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    Scalability
    F5
    Dont see any issue so far
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    F5
    • The biggest gain for us was speed. Before F5 Distributed Cloud WAF, onboarding a new app to our WAF stack meant manual rule tuning, traffic sampling and regression testing. Right now, we spin up a service, tag it with the right policy and its ready (production ready) within hours
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    Microsoft
    • AFD implementation was approx. 80% cheaper than other providers, from initiation to operation.
    • It allowed us to minimize backend resources size/processing power, taking all the load from client requests, cutting tens of thousands of dollars monthly on compute, memory, and network bandwidth.
    • Overall, the ROI of AFD is very quick, it is not an expensive solution, therefore, its ROI goals are easy to calculate and achieve, our overall ROI exceeded 300%.
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    Oracle
    • WebLogic Application Server definitely had a positive ROI since all the applications are deployed on a single platform and making maintenance extremely cost effective.
    • Since all major cloud vendors support and maintain WebLogic, it gives us an opportunity to explore possibilities to move the organizational infrastructure on to the cloud without too much effort.
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